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MALACAÑANG and Congress last Monday agreed on 28 legislative priorities for the term of President Rodrigo R. Duterte that ends in mid-2022, the National...

FRANCE ON Wednesday rejected claims by Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte that people were guilty until proven innocent in its legal system, as it...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte on Tuesday slammed anew the Office of the Ombudsman for supposedly engaging in “selective justice” as...

By Patricia B. Aquino Interaksyon THE PEOPLE’S trust in the government is at its highest since 2011, according to the fifth Philippine Trust Index (PTI), a...

If you’re Pinoys traveling through Europe with US passports, you invariably get asked interesting questions by locals, like this casual conversation with a fellow...

By Rosemarie A. Zamora THE PUBLIC’s satisfaction with the national government stayed “very good” last quarter under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, with...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) will convene today for the second time under the current government to agree on...

By Melissa Luz T. Lopez Senior Reporter AN INITIAL SURGE of investor confidence in the current administration has started to ease more than a year after...

SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA -- Following the rejection of his Left-leaning Social Welfare chief, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday said he has received reports...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 22, said the government is looking into the expensive travels allegedly made by...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral and Kristine Joy V. Patag Reporters PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday said he will not justify the Aug. 17 killing...

PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte on Wednesday said there will be no letup in his brutal war on drugs and vowed to protect cops carrying...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday signed a new law that grants free tuition in all state universities and colleges (SUCs), despite the warnings...

A draft bill of a law that will grant an autonomous homeland for Muslims in Mindanao has been submitted to Congress, pending sponsorship, a...

PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has issued an order suspending some provisions in the Compensation and Position Classification System (CPCS) for government-owned and controlled corporations...

THE Third-Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) in its fourth annual Public Report issued Friday, July 28, cited the still unresolved siege of Marawi City alongside...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Reporter Malacañang and the military on Friday, July 28, said President Rodrigo R. Duterte did not intend to bomb schools...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Reporter CHINA’s top diplomat conveyed his “staunch” support for President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s decision to chart an independent foreign policy...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter MALACAÑANG ON Thursday sought to explain the administration’s plan to abolish two government agencies whose key functions run counter to...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 24, criticized the Supreme Court (SC) for not lifting...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte yesterday asked courts not to block development projects and pressed the Senate to approve the first...

AN American lawmaker vowed to lead a protest against Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte should he pay a visit to the United States. Massachusetts Representative...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday said that he eyes an increase in taxes paid by mining companies. During a speech at a conference...

By Jil Danielle M. Caro THE communist New People’s Army is next on President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s list as soon as the armed forces is...

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte said that he declared martial law to avoid the risk of impeachment. In his speech during his visit at Camp Ranao,...

By Carmelito Q. Francisco, Correspondent DAVAO CITY -- AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Anthony Francis Fernandes is urging the Philippine government to look into scrapping...

By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral Reporter THE CORE committee of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) has endorsed 13 bills -- including a tariff on rice...

THE COUNTRY’S economic team and its Japanese counterpart moved to streamline infrastructure implementation as they firmed up the list of Japan-funded projects during their...

THE Judicial Bar Council (JBC) during its regular meeting on Friday released a shortlist of 8 qualified applicants -- from the previous 13 --...

By Elijah Joseph C. Tubayan, Reporter THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is optimistic budget legislation for 2018 will be passed by October, alongside the...

Streetwise By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo We have been getting “I-told-you-so” and “why-do-you-still-put-up-with-him” reactions from quite a number of well-meaning people here and abroad after President...

Corporate Watch Amelia H. C. Ylagan President Rodrigo Duterte’s first year in office was unfortunately marked by a devalued peso, which fell by 7.33% to P50.53...

POLITICAL leaders allied with and opposed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte also marked his first year in office with their respective statements on Friday. Former...

By Francis Anthony T. Valentin, Special Features Writer THE WEST PHILIPPINE Sea, or South China Sea, is a major trade route, a source of potentially massive...

ASK TAXI DRIVERS and they will unload a litany of complaints on how Uber or Grab (or both) have been competing unfairly, no thanks...

By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. ON OCCASION, a fraternity gets big enough such that its members begin to establish cliques of their own, causing disunity...

By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. CAPITAL AND INVESTMENTS are like water — they go where they are welcome and accommodated. Small water tributaries merge with...

By Erika Denise L. Dizon, Special Features Writer MAKING SENSE of the younger generation is a reality that not everyone can fully grasp. Amid an integrated...

By Imee Charlee C. Delavin, Senior Reporter SELLING the unique Filipino experience to the world helped pave the success stories of local companies that made it...

By Keith Richard D. Mariano JOLLIBEE FOODS CORP. (JFC), the biggest fast food chain in Asia, remains focused on expanding abroad to reach another milestone:...

By Keith Richard D. Mariano, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES is proving to be a critical investment gateway to the emerging Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market,...

By Janina C. Lim, Reporter A SHOWDOWN looms among the President’s men over the ticklish matter of prolonging the country’s rice quota. Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary...

MIGRATION is a key feature of a more interconnected world. Despite significant concerns about its economic and social implications, the movement of people across the...

Below is the keynote speech which he delivered at the Conrad Manila during the BusinessWorld-PAL ASEAN Regional Forum held last Nov. 24. Fernando Zobel de...

By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr. The stock market is one of several indicators that show how an economy or a country is doing because it...